By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prospective jurors got their first glimpse of a British socialite charged with helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse girls and women when a judge began questioning them individually. Wearing a black suit, Ghislaine Maxwell hugged her lawyers when she entered the courtroom Tuesday and
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press NEW ALBANY, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi woman is scheduled to be a witness when her stepfather is executed this week. David Neal Cox is set to die by lethal injection Wednesday for the 2010 killing of his wife, Kim Kirk Cox. He also pleaded guilty to other crimes,
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Longtime California Rep. Jackie Speier is the latest congressional Democrat to announce retirement from Congress ahead of the 2022 midterm election cycle. The seven-term congresswoman from the San Francisco Bay Area said in a video message Tuesday that after nearly 40 years in public office at the
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — México comenzará a vacunar contra el covid-19 a todos los jóvenes de 15 a 17 años y el registro comenzará a partir de este viernes, anunció el martes el secretario de Salud, Hugo López-Gatell. Esto se produce después de que el mes pasado un juez ordenó a las autoridades de
Continue ReadingCNN By Devon M. Sayers, Alta Spells and Jason Hanna, CNN The prosecution in the trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s killing rested its case Tuesday afternoon after eight days of testimony and 23 witnesses. Three White men — Gregory McMichael, his son Travis McMichael and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan Jr. — are accused of chasing
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN A family of four were rescued by a helicopter Tuesday after their vehicle got stuck in the Australian outback following bad weather and flooding. The two adults and two children were traveling in a Mitsubishi Canter 4WD when they got bogged down in the Simpson Desert near Oodnadatta, central Australia, according
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe and Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Americans keep spending even as prices are spiking. That’s good news for retailers heading into the holiday season, as well as for the economy as a whole, which runs on consumer spending. Adjusted for seasonal swings, US retail sales rose 1.7% in October compared to the previous
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey The “Ghostbusters” were back. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson appeared together on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” where they discussed the upcoming sequel to the classic, “Ghostbusters: Afterlife.” “Jason Reitman wrote a great script, so full of heart, going right back to the first two movies and its DNA…
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams announced on Tuesday he is running for governor, joining a Democratic primary that already includes Gov. Kathy Hochul, who replaced Andrew Cuomo following his resignation this summer, and New York Attorney General Letitia James. Williams, who was re-elected to his current post two weeks
Continue ReadingABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The NBA is bringing two preseason games to Abu Dhabi next season, marking the first time the league will play in the Arabian Gulf. The games will be in October 2022. The exact dates and the teams involved have not been announced. No preseason games have been played
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — Autoridades federales en México aprehendieron a Rosalinda González Valencia, esposa del líder del Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, “El Mencho”. La Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional informó en un comunicado este martes que el operativo se desarrolló el día anterior en el municipio de Zapopan,
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN George Clooney has shared his thoughts on the tragic shooting on the set of the film “Rust.” In an episode of the podcast “WTF With Marc Maron,” which released on Monday, the Academy Award winner talked about the incident in which the film’s star and executive producer Alec Baldwin accidentally
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Adele is happy and in love and it shows. The British singer opened up about her relationship with Klutch Sports Group founder Rich Paul during her interview with Oprah Winfrey in her “Adele One Night Only” special and here’s some of what we learned about Paul: He’s a smooth operator
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Morgan Wallen is heading on an eight-month tour. The country singer will start his “Dangerous” tour in Evansville, Indiana, in March and end in at the Staples Center in Los Angeles in September. The concers will makr the first major tour for Wallen since a video surfaced earlier this year
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL, CCTV, GETTY IMAGES, PLA AIR FORCE, WEIBO, PLA AIR FORCE/WEIBO By Steven Jiang, CNN Business The United States and China have agreed to relax visa restrictions on each other’s journalists, according to officials from both countries. The deal addresses one source of contention in strained bilateral ties following a lengthy virtual meeting between
Continue ReadingOpinion by Billie Jean King for CNN Business Perspectives At the age of 13, I saw Althea Gibson play at the Los Angeles Tennis Club. She showed me what being No. 1 in the world looked like, and I knew I wanted to follow in her footsteps from that day forward. She epitomized “if you
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer and Ethan Cohen, CNN California Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier said Tuesday she would not seek reelection, the latest high-profile Democrat to announce plans to leave Congress as the party faces a steep climb to hold onto their narrow majority in the House in next year’s midterms. Speier, who was first elected to
Continue ReadingPALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla (AP) — A Florida teacher hospitalized with COVID-19 has died after her husband unsuccessfully sued to force doctors to treat her with ivermectin, a drug popular among some sceptics of accepted coronavirus treatments despite a lack of studies proving its effectiveness. Tamara Drock’s husband told the Palm Beach Post that she
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow, CNN Business Rivian, a 12-year-old startup with no revenue, is now the third most valuable carmaker in the world. The electric vehicle maker has been public for all of one week, but its share price has more than doubled in that time, valuing Rivian at more than $140 billion — just ahead
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Papa Johns is the latest restaurant brand to give itself a makeover. The pizza chain on Tuesday unveiled a number of changes, including a new logo, new advertising and new restaurant designs. The updated logo ditches the word “pizza” and removes the green border around “Papa John’s.” Instead, it just
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